Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists
Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul buses and trucks, or maintain and repair any type of diesel engines. Includes mechanics working primarily with automobile or marine diesel engines.
What is this job like?
- Install or repair accessories.
- Follow green operational practices involving conservation of water or energy or reduction of solid waste.
- Adjust and reline brakes, align wheels, tighten bolts and screws, and reassemble equipment.
- Raise trucks, buses, and heavy parts or equipment using hydraulic jacks or hoists.
- Perform routine maintenance such as changing oil, checking batteries, and lubricating equipment and machinery.
- Perform routine maintenance such as changing oil, checking batteries, and lubricating equipment and machinery.
- Use handtools, such as screwdrivers, pliers, wrenches, pressure gauges, or precision instruments, as well as power tools, such as pneumatic wrenches, lathes, welding equipment, or jacks and hoists.
- Inspect and verify dimensions and clearances of parts to ensure conformance to factory specifications.
- Disassemble and overhaul internal combustion engines, pumps, generators, transmissions, clutches, and differential units.
- Inspect, repair, and maintain automotive and mechanical equipment and machinery, such as pumps and compressors.
- Align front ends and suspension systems.
- Diagnose and repair vehicle heating and cooling systems.
- Operate valve-grinding machines to grind and reset valves.
- Recondition and replace parts, pistons, bearings, gears, and valves.
- Install or repair accessories.
- Inspect, test, and listen to defective equipment to diagnose malfunctions, using test instruments such as handheld computers, motor analyzers, chassis charts, or pressure gauges.
- Rewire ignition systems, lights, and instrument panels.
- Disassemble and overhaul internal combustion engines, pumps, generators, transmissions, clutches, and differential units.
- Measure vehicle emissions to determine whether they are within acceptable limits.
- Examine and adjust protective guards, loose bolts, and specified safety devices.
- Recondition and replace parts, pistons, bearings, gears, and valves.
- Inspect brake systems, steering mechanisms, wheel bearings, and other important parts to ensure that they are in proper operating condition.
- Specialize in repairing and maintaining parts of the engine, such as fuel injection systems.
- Adjust or repair computer controlled exhaust emissions devices.
- Maintain or repair vehicles with alternative fuel systems, including biodiesel, hybrid, or compressed natural gas vehicles.
- Inspect, repair, and maintain automotive and mechanical equipment and machinery, such as pumps and compressors.
- Inspect, test, and listen to defective equipment to diagnose malfunctions, using test instruments such as handheld computers, motor analyzers, chassis charts, or pressure gauges.
- Diagnose and repair vehicle heating and cooling systems.
- Inspect, test, and listen to defective equipment to diagnose malfunctions, using test instruments such as handheld computers, motor analyzers, chassis charts, or pressure gauges.
- Repair or adjust seats, doors, or windows.
- Repair or adjust seats, doors, or windows.
- Inspect and verify dimensions and clearances of parts to ensure conformance to factory specifications.
- Rebuild gas or diesel engines.
- Test drive trucks and buses to diagnose malfunctions or to ensure that they are working properly.
- Attach test instruments to equipment, and read dials and gauges to diagnose malfunctions.
- Adjust or repair computer controlled exhaust emissions devices.
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